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Federal grants to Oakton Community College

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Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois received $23.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $19.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $362,503.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Oakton Community College by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20216$20.1 million
FY 20222$625,985
FY 20232$647,209
FY 20244$1.9 million
FY 20251$362,503

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Oakton Community College

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4253$19.4 million
TRIO Student Support Services 84.0422$1.8 million
Higher Education Institutional Aid 84.0311$1.2 million
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education 84.1161$800,000
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.0761$441,059
Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad 84.0211$96,620

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Education8$23.3 million
National Science Foundation1$441,059

Largest awards

The 9 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
CARES act-institutional portion for oakton community college
ASST_NON_P425F202608_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 19, 2021$11.7 million
CARES act for oakton community college
ASST_NON_P425E201160_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 28, 2021$7.7 million
Oakton community college trio sss program: supporting first-generation, low-income, and/or students with disabilities to meet their educational goals through intrusive advising, tutoring and support.
ASST_NON_P042A200841_091 on USAspending
TRIO Student Support ServicesAugust 17, 2021$1.4 million
Compass-center for organizing minority programs to advance student success- oakton community college
ASST_NON_P031L200011_091 on USAspending
Higher Education Institutional AidAugust 5, 2021$1.2 million
Oakton college, il, for education and experiential learning for students entering the medical field, including the purchase of equipment
ASST_NON_P116Z240098_091 on USAspending
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary EducationAugust 21, 2024$800,000
Collaborative research: equitable stem student success and persistence through leadership development contextualized in a learning assistant program -this project aims to serve the national interest by improving student success and persistence in stem through creating a leadership development progra
ASST_NON_2412937_049 on USAspending
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)August 26, 2024$441,059
Oakton college trio sss program: supporting first-generation, low-income, and/or students with disabilities to meet their educational goals through intrusive advising, tutoring and support.
ASST_NON_P042A250935_091 on USAspending
TRIO Student Support ServicesJuly 3, 2025$362,503
West african anti-colonial imagination and identity: ghana and togo
ASST_NON_P021A210005_091 on USAspending
Overseas Programs - Group Projects AbroadJune 21, 2021$96,620
CARES act msi-aanapisi- oakton community college
ASST_NON_P425L200354_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundFebruary 14, 2021$72,647

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Oakton Community College get?

$23.7 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Oakton Community College the most?

The Department of Education, with $23.3 million in 8 awards. The National Science Foundation follow.

What is Oakton Community College's largest federal grant?

$11.7 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Oakton Community College?

Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, TRIO Student Support Services and Higher Education Institutional Aid.

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